Including 7 closely related terms such as flood, flooding, and local flood.
… point for the Sequential Test. These zones are a broad assessment of flood risk as given below. Zone 1 Low Probability - land assessed as having a less than 1 in 1000 annual probability of river or sea flooding in any year (<0.1%). Zone 2 Medium Probability - land assessed as having between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1000 annual probability of river flooding (1% - 0.1%) or between 1 in 200…
… 4 Development Location Development Proposals 3. Policy Background 6 4. Site Characteristics 10 5. Flood Risk Assessment 15 6. Foul Water Management Strategy 21 Connection to Public Sewer Foul Sewage Flows Foul Drainage Strategy 7. Climate Change 24 8. Detailed Development Proposals 25 9. Surface Water…
… these should be applied. It provides a framework within which locally-prepared plans for housing and other development can be produced. Chapter 14 Meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change states: 163. When determining any planning applications, local planning authorities should ensure that flood risk is not increased elsewhere. Where appropriate, applications should…
… be supported by a site-specific flood-risk assessment50. Development should only be allowed in areas at risk of flooding where, in the light of this assessment (and the sequential and exception tests, as applicable) it can be demonstrated that: a) within the site, the most vulnerable development is located in areas of lowest flood risk, unless there are overriding reasons to prefer a different…
… sustainable drainage systems unless there is clear evidence that this would be inappropriate. The systems used should: a) take account of advice from the lead local flood authority; b) have appropriate proposed minimum operational standards; c) have maintenance arrangements in place to ensure an acceptable standard of operation for the lifetime of the development; and d) where possible…